Re: trypan blue to reduce background

From: Keith Bahjat (kbahjat@ufl.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 28 2000 - 15:51:25 EST


Mosiman, V.L. et. al. Reducing Cellular Autofluorescence in Flow Cytometry:
An In Situ Method, Cytometry 30:151-156, 1997.

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> From: "Geneva M. Omann" <gmomann@umich.edu>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 09:40:43 -0500
> To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
> Subject: Fw: trypan blue to reduce background
>
>
> Hello Flowers,
> Along the lines of Shannon Ritchie's question below, I have also heard
> of using trypan blue or crystal violet to quench the fluorescence of
> externally bound ligands.  I believe the mechanism is by energy transfer.
> Has anyone else heard of this and if so do you have references for the
> mechanism and protocols?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shannon C. Ritchie <sritchi@emory.edu>
> To: cyto-inbox
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 1:42 PM
> Subject: trypan blue to reduce background
>
>
>>
>> I have heard of using trypan blue to reduce background.  Does anyone know
>> the concentration and protocol?
>>
>



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